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This beer pours a hazy medium orangish copper hue, with a few fingers of foamy white head, that leaves a bit of lace as it recedes. It smells of muted, grassy hops, and bready malt. The taste is biscuity, bready caramel malt, and bitter, piney, vegetal hops. The carbonation is a bit high, the body fairly heavy, creamy, and sticky, and it finishes dry and clean.

Not a kind of American IPA which which I am familiar, but somewhat interesting, in a restrained way.

Pours a bright dark-orange with a pink tinge. Solid frothy head settles down into a decent layer of foam. An odd colour for a pale ale, but not bad looking at all.

Musty hops, caramel, grapefruit, grain. Nice, present smell.

Tangy grapefruit-hops, pine, sweet roasted malt, wheat. Bitter green vegetables on the finish (broccoli). The fridge I had this in doesn't seem to have been cold enough; I think it would taste better if it was cold. Very different IPA, but I'm into it.

Not quite as carbonated as I'd like (medium-low). Medium, creamy body.

I've drank this one on a few occasions and it's pretty drinkable. This could be a good session beer in my opinion. One of the better Quebec IPAs I've had. I'd like to review a colder bottle...

Appearance: Opaque caramel colored, with a thin white head, definately unfiltered, it really looked rich. Not too sure if this style is supposed to be this way, but it was nice.

Smell: Herbal, and somewhat flowery hop profile, with a few wooden notes.

Taste: Creamy smooth, so much so I almost thought there was rye in there (talked to the brewer, there is not). Cookie malt middle, the hop finish starts a little green, then a very poignant astringeny that almost felt acidic after a few sips. Maybe he should have put more hops towards the end of the boil rather than at first. I had this on the brewery's opening day, so maybe it needed to age a bit more. Still a decent start.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy medium brown color ale with a average size head with OK retention and no lacing. Aroma of dry hops with light caramel malt notes. Taste is also a mix between some light caramel malt with a dry hoppy ending. Medium full body with good carbonation. Not the best mix of hops for an IPA but still very good and probably one of the best from this brewery.

A: The beer color is copper. It is veiled. The head has a nice creamy looking.
S: The aroma is citrusy (hops) with some malty notes (caramel). A little bit simplistic aroma but not a downside.
T: I get some metallic notes and very little hops too. However, it is bitter. I would say a light bitterness. A little bit average on the taste side. The aroma made me think this would be something above average, but it is not.
M: Way too much carbonation in my opinion.
D: Easy to drink... but not interesting in the taste to make me wants to drink more.

Bottle-Pours a hazy ogangey amber with an average sized , off white cap. Nose of candied fruit, citrus, pine needle, and there's a weird earthiness going on as well. Tastes of candied fruit as well, with a nice middle ground of piney, grapefruity hops. It is also quite doughy, and has a cookie like sweetness towards the finish. Not too bad. Better than most of the ass juice I picked up in Gatineau.

A - Clear dark orange colour with some visible carbonation and little head. Leaves a nice lace.
S - Lots of hop smell and a nice zing of citrus, quite floral and even a little malty.
T - Very bitter with lots of hop tastes and a nice citrus, grapefruit taste. Some bready malts accompany the hops and hemp flavours, but do not match it. A long drying aftertaste begs for more.
M - So drying and refreshing, quite rough and even leafy.
D - I could drink this all day.

Pours a hazy amber, huge off white head, nice lacing, solid retention, thin layer, but sticks for the whole glass. Smell is sweet, caramel and honey, citrus and floral hops, grapefruit, normal fruit, very solid. Taste is grapefruity, caramel, some floral, strawberries, very fruity, spicy bitterness, quite nice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation, I enjoyed this one. Seems like it has improved from earlier comments, I thought this was a pretty solid IPA.

Final Statement: Thought we may have lost this bottle as it appear to leak inside the bubble wrap, but alas, its okay! In actuality, this beer is better than okay. I quite enjoy this one. Seek this one out.

Pours a very nice light rust color with a small head, and below average lacing. Average carbonation with a bitter sour smell. Tastes less bitter than the aroma would indicate. Has a light malt backbone. Too sour and not hoppy enough to be called an IPA.

Nice dark color. Smells of caramel and sweet flavors are percieved. Bitterness is very pronouced. May be too much for its own good. 10 minutes afterward, bitterness is still present in my mouth (I can call that an assault ;-)). Overall, disapointed by this beer. Not recommended unless you appreciate the over the top bitterness.

Poured a hazy copper with a good creamy head, that had decent retention and laced well. Attractive sweet smell of honey and grapefruit mixed in with caramel. The taste is thick and very satisfying. Again the grapefruit comes out, and mixes pleasantly with the caramel. There's a nice toffee-biscuit backbone, but the malt sweetness is nicely balanced by an assertive bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and carbonation works well for an IPA.

I found this Quebec offering to be a really solid west coast style IPA. I think the bottle I had was nice and fresh, so that helps a lot, and I'd love to have this more readily available for the occasional purchase.

Dark copper brown with a slight haze. Thin white head that leaves a nice collar.

Aroma is spicy and resinous with some bitter grapefruit.

Starts off sweet with caramel and molasses flavours as well as some faint roasted, nutty notes. Hops are piney and resinous with hints of citrus. Aftertaste is sugary as well as bitter. Alcohol gives a slight bite. Mouthfeel is silky and carbonation is low.

It used to be hard to get a good IPA in Québec, but now it seems that they're popping up everywhere. La Route des Indes has a bit too much hops for it to be balanced in my opinion but is definitely above average.